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Is the Google brand bigger than its leadership?

With new reports on the health of Steve Jobs appearing (he has a hormone imbalance that has caused weight loss), it got me thinking about whether Google is so dependent on its leadership. (Oddly, the report on Jobs sparked a rebound in stock, likely because investors realized the CEO would continue on and deal with his illness over the next few months.)

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  • Finally, Picasa for the Mac Submitted by Google Subnet on Tue, 01/06/2009

    picasaGoogle announced that a beta version of its online photo-editing and sharing software, Picasa, is finally available for Mac OSX and is making its debut at this week's Macworld show. While Mac users in the past could use either an iPhoto plug-in or stand-alone upload tool to get their photos into Picasa, this is the first time they can use the actual Picasa software native on their Macs.

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  • Privacy isn't Chrome's Achilles' heel, features are Submitted by Google Subnet on Mon, 01/05/2009

    Google's Matt Cutts is once again defending Chrome and its privacy policies, hoping to assuage user fears that the new browser is really just another way for Google to keep tabs on users and their personal Web surfing. While the privacy issue does indeed seem to be dogging Chrome, the real reasons behind its rather lackluster uptake so far (it holds just 1% of the browser market, compared to IE's 68%) seem to be far more concrete in nature: It can't compete on features.

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  • Google responds to Prop 8 AdSense debacle Submitted by Google Subnet on Mon, 01/05/2009

    Site owners who sign up for Google's AdSense program decide to trust Google and its ability to target ads contextually, based on keywords and general site content. In this way, sites devoted to analyzing the mobile phone industry, for example, don't end up with a lot of ads for mobile homes. The idea is to match the site with the ads to generate more clicks, and revenue. Unfortunately, the day before the state of California was set to vote on Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, many sites having nothing to do with politics or gay marriage were flooded with AdSense-generated pro-Prop 8 ads, leaving many site owners far from enamored with Google.

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    With new reports on the health of Steve Jobs appearing today (he has a hormone imbalance that has caused weight loss), it got me thinking about whether Google is so dependent on its leadership. (Oddly, the report on Jobs sparked a rebound in stock today, likely because investors realized the CEO would continue on and deal with his illness over the next few months.) Apple as a company is tied inextricably to a leader whose keynotes are legendary. More importantly, Jobs is viewed as the main...

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